WLW Reads
Use this guide when you want the broadest possible starting point for lesbian, sapphic, and WLW books. It is built for readers who want to compare romance, fantasy, mystery, horror, classics, history, and newer releases in one place before narrowing by mood, ending, tropes, and content notes.
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30 matching books
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Fantasy · Adult · 2026
The Fox and the Devil fits readers who want adult readers wanting a sapphic vampire follow-up after Lucy Undying inside a fantasy frame with a gothic, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, medium on-page heat, and vampire bargain, monster romance, with content notes around blood, violence, toxic bargain, gothic danger.
View detailsYA · YA · 2026
The Hyacinth Labyrinth fits readers who want YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with a cozy quest inside a ya frame with a whimsical, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, no on-page heat, and friends to lovers, fae princess, with content notes around fantasy peril, bandits, family pressure.
View detailsYA · YA · 2026
To the Death fits readers who want YA readers wanting sharp sapphic fantasy romance inside a ya frame with a tense, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, no on-page heat, and rivals to lovers, magical duel, with content notes around violence, revenge, grief, magical peril.
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| Book | Author | Publication year | Genre | Age category | Ending | Mood | Content notes | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Fox and the Devil | Kiersten White | 2026 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | gothic, romantic | blood, violence, toxic bargain, gothic danger | adult readers wanting a sapphic vampire follow-up after Lucy Undying |
| The Hyacinth Labyrinth | Jamie Pacton | 2026 | YA | YA | unknown | whimsical, romantic | fantasy peril, bandits, family pressure | YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with a cozy quest |
| To the Death | Andrea Tang | 2026 | YA | YA | unknown | tense, romantic | violence, revenge, grief, magical peril | YA readers wanting sharp sapphic fantasy romance |
| Brewed with Love | Shelly Page | 2025 | YA | YA | unknown | cozy, romantic | family pressure, competition, magical mishaps | YA readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy |
| Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil | V. E. Schwab | 2025 | Horror | Adult | unknown | gothic, brooding | blood, death, grief, predatory relationships | adult readers wanting literary queer vampire horror |
| Deadly Ever After | Brittany Johnson | 2025 | YA | YA | unknown | adventurous, romantic | death, murder, peril, fantasy violence | YA readers wanting fairy-tale sapphic romantasy |
| Hungerstone | Kat Dunn | 2025 | Horror | Adult | unknown | gothic, sensual | blood, coercive marriage, gothic violence, obsession | adult readers wanting a lesbian vampire gothic retelling |
| Tea You at the Altar | Rebecca Thorne | 2025 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | cozy, romantic | fantasy danger, mild injury, relationship pressure | adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy centered on an established couple |
| A Dark and Drowning Tide | Allison Saft | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | gothic, romantic | murder, antisemitism, violence, peril | adult readers wanting sapphic romantasy with mystery and folklore |
| A Lethal Lady | Nekesa Afia | 2024 | Mystery | Adult | unknown | suspenseful, stylish | murder, racism, violence | readers following newer queer mystery releases |
| A Little Kissing Between Friends | Chencia C. Higgins | 2024 | Romance | Adult | happy | funny, romantic | friendship tension, career stress | readers following newer Black sapphic romance |
| A Pirate's Life for Tea | Rebecca Thorne | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | cozy, romantic | pirates, fantasy danger, relationship conflict | adult readers wanting cozy sapphic pirate romantasy |
| An Education in Malice | S. T. Gibson | 2024 | Horror | Adult | unknown | gothic, romantic | blood, obsession, manipulation, violence | adult readers wanting a sapphic Carmilla-inspired vampire story |
| Can't Spell Treason Without Tea | Rebecca Thorne | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | happy | cozy, romantic | assassination attempt, fantasy danger | adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy with low-drama comfort |
| Faebound | Saara El-Arifi | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | epic, romantic | war, exile, violence, captivity | adult readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy |
| Lucy Undying | Kiersten White | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | gothic, romantic | blood, manipulation, violence, grief | adult readers wanting a queer vampire retelling centered on Lucy Westenra |
| Make the Season Bright | Ashley Herring Blake | 2024 | Romance | Adult | happy | festive, romantic | past breakup, family tension | readers seeking newer sapphic Christmas romance |
| Practical Rules for Cursed Witches | Kayla Cottingham | 2024 | YA | YA | unknown | cozy, romantic | family curse, peril, grief | YA readers wanting cozy sapphic witch romantasy |
| The Absinthe Underground | Jamie Pacton | 2024 | YA | YA | unknown | whimsical, romantic | heist, fantasy peril, poverty, secrets | YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with art, heists, and slow-burn pining |
| The Feast Makers | H. A. Clarke | 2024 | Fantasy | YA | unknown | dark, magical | violence, supernatural peril | readers finishing the Scapegracers trilogy |
| The Honey Witch | Sydney J. Shields | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | cozy, romantic | grief, infertility discussion, burns, bee stings | adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy |
| The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles | Malka Older | 2024 | Mystery | Adult | happy | cozy, intellectual | missing persons, investigation | fans of cozy speculative mysteries |
| The Lotus Empire | Tasha Suri | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | epic, intense | war, violence, empire | fans awaiting or reading the trilogy finale |
| The Phoenix Keeper | S. A. MacLean | 2024 | Fantasy | Adult | unknown | cozy, romantic | animal endangerment, poaching threat, anxiety | readers wanting cozy sapphic fantasy romance |
| The Rivals | Jane Pek | 2024 | Mystery | Adult | unknown | clever, fast-paced | murder, privacy concerns | fans of contemporary queer mysteries |
| This Ravenous Fate | Hayley Dennings | 2024 | Fantasy | YA | unknown | lush, dangerous | blood, violence, historical racism, death | YA readers wanting historical sapphic vampire fantasy |
| A Day of Fallen Night | Samantha Shannon | 2023 | Fantasy | Adult | ambiguous | epic, dramatic | war, plague, violence | epic fantasy readers and book clubs |
| A Long Time Dead | Samara Breger | 2023 | Romance | Adult | unknown | gothic, romantic | blood, death, violence, historical danger | adult readers wanting historical lesbian vampire romance |
| Back in a Spell | Lana Harper | 2023 | Romance | Adult | happy | funny, romantic | family expectations, magic peril | readers continuing The Witches of Thistle Grove |
| Chlorine | Jade Song | 2023 | Horror | Adult | ambiguous | unsettling, intense | body horror, self-harm, eating distress | readers of literary body horror |
Each note is written for discovery, so you can decide what to read next without relying on copied retailer blurbs.
Fantasy · Adult
The Fox and the Devil fits readers who want adult readers wanting a sapphic vampire follow-up after Lucy Undying inside a fantasy frame with a gothic, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, medium on-page heat, and vampire bargain, monster romance, with content notes around blood, violence, toxic bargain, gothic danger.
Best for: adult readers wanting a sapphic vampire follow-up after Lucy Undying
YA · YA
The Hyacinth Labyrinth fits readers who want YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with a cozy quest inside a ya frame with a whimsical, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, no on-page heat, and friends to lovers, fae princess, with content notes around fantasy peril, bandits, family pressure.
Best for: YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with a cozy quest
YA · YA
To the Death fits readers who want YA readers wanting sharp sapphic fantasy romance inside a ya frame with a tense, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, no on-page heat, and rivals to lovers, magical duel, with content notes around violence, revenge, grief, magical peril.
Best for: YA readers wanting sharp sapphic fantasy romance
YA · YA
Brewed with Love fits readers who want YA readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy inside a ya frame with a cozy, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, no on-page heat, and first crush, witch apothecary, with content notes around family pressure, competition, magical mishaps.
Best for: YA readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy
Horror · Adult
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil fits readers who want adult readers wanting literary queer vampire horror inside a horror frame with a gothic, brooding reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, medium on-page heat, and immortality, women across centuries, with content notes around blood, death, grief, predatory relationships.
Best for: adult readers wanting literary queer vampire horror
YA · YA
Deadly Ever After fits readers who want YA readers wanting fairy-tale sapphic romantasy inside a ya frame with a adventurous, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, no on-page heat, and true love's kiss, dead princesses, with content notes around death, murder, peril, fantasy violence.
Best for: YA readers wanting fairy-tale sapphic romantasy
Horror · Adult
Hungerstone fits readers who want adult readers wanting a lesbian vampire gothic retelling inside a horror frame with a gothic, sensual reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, medium on-page heat, and Carmilla retelling, forbidden desire, with content notes around blood, coercive marriage, gothic violence, obsession.
Best for: adult readers wanting a lesbian vampire gothic retelling
Fantasy · Adult
Tea You at the Altar fits readers who want adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy centered on an established couple inside a fantasy frame with a cozy, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, mild on-page heat, and wedding, runaway lovers, with content notes around fantasy danger, mild injury, relationship pressure.
Best for: adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy centered on an established couple
Fantasy · Adult
A Dark and Drowning Tide fits readers who want adult readers wanting sapphic romantasy with mystery and folklore inside a fantasy frame with a gothic, romantic reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, mild on-page heat, and academic rivals, murder investigation, with content notes around murder, antisemitism, violence, peril.
Best for: adult readers wanting sapphic romantasy with mystery and folklore
Mystery · Adult
A Lethal Lady fits readers who want readers following newer queer mystery releases inside a mystery frame with a suspenseful, stylish reading feel. Expect a unknown ending profile, mild on-page heat, and investigation, Harlem, with content notes around murder, racism, violence.
Best for: readers following newer queer mystery releases
Romance · Adult
A Little Kissing Between Friends works well for readers weighing romance scope, funny, romantic mood, and readers following newer Black sapphic romance.
Best for: readers following newer Black sapphic romance
Fantasy · Adult
A Pirate's Life for Tea works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, cozy, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting cozy sapphic pirate romantasy.
Best for: adult readers wanting cozy sapphic pirate romantasy
Horror · Adult
An Education in Malice works well for readers weighing horror scope, gothic, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting a sapphic Carmilla-inspired vampire story.
Best for: adult readers wanting a sapphic Carmilla-inspired vampire story
Fantasy · Adult
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, cozy, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy with low-drama comfort.
Best for: adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy with low-drama comfort
Fantasy · Adult
Faebound works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, epic, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy.
Best for: adult readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy
Fantasy · Adult
Lucy Undying works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, gothic, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting a queer vampire retelling centered on Lucy Westenra.
Best for: adult readers wanting a queer vampire retelling centered on Lucy Westenra
Romance · Adult
Make the Season Bright works well for readers weighing romance scope, festive, romantic mood, and readers seeking newer sapphic Christmas romance.
Best for: readers seeking newer sapphic Christmas romance
YA · YA
Practical Rules for Cursed Witches works well for readers weighing ya scope, cozy, romantic mood, and YA readers wanting cozy sapphic witch romantasy.
Best for: YA readers wanting cozy sapphic witch romantasy
YA · YA
The Absinthe Underground works well for readers weighing ya scope, whimsical, romantic mood, and YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with art, heists, and slow-burn pining.
Best for: YA readers wanting sapphic fae romantasy with art, heists, and slow-burn pining
Fantasy · YA
The Feast Makers works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, dark, magical mood, and readers finishing the Scapegracers trilogy.
Best for: readers finishing the Scapegracers trilogy
Fantasy · Adult
The Honey Witch works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, cozy, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy.
Best for: adult readers wanting cozy sapphic romantasy
Mystery · Adult
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles works well for readers weighing mystery scope, cozy, intellectual mood, and fans of cozy speculative mysteries.
Best for: fans of cozy speculative mysteries
Fantasy · Adult
The Lotus Empire works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, epic, intense mood, and fans awaiting or reading the trilogy finale.
Best for: fans awaiting or reading the trilogy finale
Fantasy · Adult
The Phoenix Keeper works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, cozy, romantic mood, and readers wanting cozy sapphic fantasy romance.
Best for: readers wanting cozy sapphic fantasy romance
Mystery · Adult
The Rivals works well for readers weighing mystery scope, clever, fast-paced mood, and fans of contemporary queer mysteries.
Best for: fans of contemporary queer mysteries
Fantasy · YA
This Ravenous Fate works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, lush, dangerous mood, and YA readers wanting historical sapphic vampire fantasy.
Best for: YA readers wanting historical sapphic vampire fantasy
Fantasy · Adult
A Day of Fallen Night works well for readers weighing fantasy scope, epic, dramatic mood, and epic fantasy readers and book clubs.
Best for: epic fantasy readers and book clubs
Romance · Adult
A Long Time Dead works well for readers weighing romance scope, gothic, romantic mood, and adult readers wanting historical lesbian vampire romance.
Best for: adult readers wanting historical lesbian vampire romance
Romance · Adult
Back in a Spell works well for readers weighing romance scope, funny, romantic mood, and readers continuing The Witches of Thistle Grove.
Best for: readers continuing The Witches of Thistle Grove
Horror · Adult
Chlorine works well for readers weighing horror scope, unsettling, intense mood, and readers of literary body horror.
Best for: readers of literary body horror
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